AP-ND--North Dakota News Coverage Advisory 8:30 am, ND

November 6, 2018

Good morning. Here’s how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up today in North Dakota. Questions about coverage plans are welcome and should be directed to News Editor Doug Glass at 612-332-2727 or dglass@ap.org.

This information is not for publication or broadcast, and these plans are subject to change. Expected stories may not develop, or late-breaking and more newsworthy events may take precedence. Advisories, digests and digest advisories will keep you up to date. Some TV and radio stations will receive shorter APNewsNow versions of the stories below, along with all updates.

UPCOMING TODAY:

ELECTION 2018-MARIJUANA REFERENDUM

DETROIT — Voters in Michigan and North Dakota will decide Tuesday whether to legalize recreational marijuana, which would make them the first states in the Midwest to do so and would put conservative neighboring states on notice. More than half the states have already legalized medical marijuana, and Utah and Missouri could join their ranks Tuesday. By Jeff Karoub. SENT: 665 words, photos. Developing.

ELECTION 2018-SENATE-NORTH DAKOTA

BISMARCK, N.D. — Sen. Heidi Heitkamp relied on an everywoman charm to help win her first term in the Senate. She spent the next six years walking a tricky path toward a second, staking out policy positions with a careful eye on not alienating North Dakota’s right-leaning electorate. By James MacPherson. SENT: 630 words, photos.

ELECTION 2018-NORTH DAKOTA-NEWS GUIDE

BISMARCK, N.D. — The biggest prize in North Dakota on Tuesday was the state’s U.S. Senate seat, where Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp faced serious headwinds in her run toward a second term against Republican Kevin Cramer. But the state ballot had plenty of other items worth voters’ attention. By James MacPherson and Dave Kolpack. SENT: 680 words, photos.

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ELECTION 2018-NORTH DAKOTA-THE LATEST

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